The “popular crowd,” a group of people who basically ruled the school, everyone knew them, people wanted to be them, people wanted to be around them. The “jocks,” typically seen carrying some type of gym back, stick or ball, always wearing a jersey, and can most likely be seen hanging out with the popular crowd. The “nerds,” usually keep to themselves, study all the time, not really social. The “burnouts,” always hanging out at the local convenience store, high as a kite, never really seen in school. “Everyone else who wasn’t cool enough to receive a label,” usually friends with everyone, or kept to themselves, or somewhere in between. What a bunch of bullshit.
It may seem like you need to have the cutest boyfriend or girlfriend in school, or you need to have the most friends, or the highest GPA, or go to the most parties or score the most touchdowns while you’re in school, but let me tell you that is far from the truth. The second you walk across that stage at graduation, receive your diploma and shake hands with important dignitaries, you are thrown into the real world and let me tell you, pictures of you and your friends at a high school party, drunk out of your minds in someone’s backyard on Facebook isn’t going to get you anywhere.
If there is one thing I learned from high school it’s that in the long run, it doesn’t really matter. Sure it is important to keep your grades up and study hard, but once you get those acceptance letters from different colleges senior year, who is left to impress? Once you’re done with high school all the petty drama doesn’t matter, everything is left behind you. Over those four years I witnessed hundreds of break ups, dozens of kids sucking up to their teachers, and a bunch of “wild” Friday night parties, and I couldn’t help but just laugh to myself. Sometimes I wondered if I was the only one that realized that none of my future employers, friends and family members would care about my social ranking in school, or what teachers thought I was a star, or how many shots of vodka I could drink without throwing up.
What I guess I am trying to say here is, in the grand scheme of things, these four years of your life will mean basically nothing. Of course it is important to make the most out of your four years in high school, enjoy being a part of a sports team, the band, or clubs. It's important to make friendships and get good grades. But just remember, down the road no one will remember the homecoming queen, who the captain of the cheerleading team was or who scored the most goals. So, don't get too hung up on it. As soon as you step out of those high school doors on your last day of senior year, it's everyone for themselves.
